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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul G. Allen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Philip V. Bayly, St. Louis, MO (US);
David L. Brody, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard G. Ellenbogen, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Tony S. Pan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Raul Radovitzky, Bedford, MA (US);
Anthony V. Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Nicholas W. Touran, Seattle, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A helmet with an airbag assembly coupled to the shell of the helmet. The airbag assembly includes an airbag and an inflation device. The inflation device is configured to at least partially inflate the airbag upon deployment of the airbag assembly. The helmet also includes a processing circuit disposed at least partially within the shell. The processing circuit is configured to receive helmet data regarding a second helmet, transmit deployment data regarding inflation of the airbag assembly, and control operation of the inflation device to inflate the airbag based on the helmet data.